Trace-carrier.



W. P. KIEST.

TRACE CARRIER.

APPLICATION um) NOV. 22. 1916.

Patented Jan. 15, 1918.

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The object of the inventioil is to provide an improved form of thoseharness fittings which 'icomb ifle *a eonaeaitg plare bride?" for theback strap, crupper strap andh straps, and a supporting device for theends of the tugs or traces. In this connection the inventioncontemplates a simply constructed device which may be readily employedin a harness structure either as a plain connection or as a part of aback pad to which the device is sewed, or in which it is embedded. Tothis end, the device consists, generally speaking, of a continuous heavywire or bar in which are formed certain bends and turns and from whichresults the completed structure. This construction provides a very lightfitting without sacrificing any of the necessary strength which it mustpossess. By making the devices of wrought wire or bar metal, an addedstrength may be given to it which the ordinary cast fitting which isknown to me does not have.

With the above objects in view and such other objects as may hereinafterappear, my invention will now be fully set forth and described;reference being had to the accompanying drawings. 7

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device showing theends of the harness straps connected thereto, and

Fig. 2*is a side elevation of the device and of a trace cockeye inengaging relation therewith.

Fig. 3 is a section on line 33 of Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the device is shown to beasuitably rectangular base member from whose longitudinal sides a pairof locking loops rise, the loops being shaped so that the eye portion ofa cock-eve may be inserted from certain angles, and be prevented fromcoming out fia s i i standing "looking or he war-{11 and shaped into thelatter, and 1s when standing at any normal angle, The

base jframe "maths gara -11y I retaining loops are formedfrom acontinuous heavy. hiten. The vertgica ldoop 2 formed ,from lone end ofthe'fcorfftinuo'us blank length i below the-jloo'p is't'urned lbacl rtoforni'one' side of! the bas'e 1, the-ftighctf ate-tans llellig passed"through" a 165g; 3 formed upon the first end of lengthat one s'iideflofthe loop ZY' Fronitthe end of tlie'l'ongitiidinal siddof the rectangularbase '1 the. jblank isjturnedfat right angreste formg the Sher-tside andagain ijghuangl'esjto' parallel the first longitu inalsid'eiuidto'forin'tlie base of the second retainingloo 5. After forming the turnedup:

then wrapped as at 6 around the second 1ongitudinal side of the base.From the wraps 6 the blank is laid. along the longitudinal side of theframe 1 which forms the base of the loop 5 and is continued therebeyonda proper distance to provide a strap hold, the blank from the forwardend of this continuation being turned at right angles to form the secondtransverse side 7 of the frame 1, and the second end of the frame beingthen turned inwardly and wrapped at 8 around the corner of the firstloop 2. In this manner the complete device is formed from a singlelength of material.

After the device has been formed as above described, the side 4 becomesthe point of attachment for a back strap 9, the longitudinal sides ofthe frame 1, adjacent the side 4 become the points of attachment for thehip straps 10, while the second short or transverse side 7 becomes thepoint of attachment for the crupper strap 11.

The retaining loops 2 and 5 are formed with the lower elongated openings12 and the vertical narrow openings 13 surmounting the openings 12 sothat a pair of opposing angular projections 14 are provided between thehorizontal and vertical ortions of the loops. The vertical dimension andthe widest transverse dimension are too narrow for the passage of acock-eye at the rear end of the trace, but by tipping the cock-eye inone direction, and passing the eyelet thereof around the projectionsupon the o posite ends of the oops the eyelet may fie readily slippedinto the loop, but when the cock-eye has been turned into fiat relationand allowed to drop against the vertical of the horizontal part of theloop it is practically impossible for theacock-feyertoa fall out of theloop without an agency which order to preventwtherei ns" from catchingin between the loops 2 and 5, a transverse cross or brace bar 15 may beused to join the upper ends of the,1oops, the ends of the brace b arbeing turned around the material of; the loopsa d serving al sotoholdthem in; rigid relation. v y

From the foregoing it will be obvious that I have provided a verysiinpleand improved form of trace carrier, one in which thetrace ends may belocated without extra efiort, and in which when the traces have beenplaced in position, there is little danger of the ends working loose andfalling. Forming the device, in one continuous length, it is possiblevto manufacture economically a device which has'heretofore been made incast metal, and has therefore not had the capa- 'frame adapted toreceive the ends of a bacir strap, of hip .straps and of a crupperstrap, and a pair of loops rising vertically from the rectangular baseframe andeach consisting of a lower section and an; upper section; ithesaid upper section beingdess in width than the-lower section thusproviding oppositely l projecting angular. shoulders, over either ofwhich the; eye port-ion of a cockeye is passed in engaging th'elatterwith one of the loops, substantially as dScribed.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM P. KIES'T.

Witnesses:

HENRY J. CAMPEAU, ELSIE M. HAACK.

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